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Sentinel, I almost feel like you are too accommodating. Seriously.

Say no. Just once. Please?

Would you feel better if they said "No!" to saying "No!"?

NOOOO!!!!

I think that some proposals are very easy.
Of course, if you read the comments on the Kickstarter campaign sometimes I have to say "no" but when somebdoy ask for such simple things, I must agree.

The Beta Rulebook is already available in our Kickstarter campaign:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sentinelgames/total-extinction-battle-for-karnak/posts/656084

Wish I could back this., It looks great especially the tanks. I wish you luck.

Wow I just came across this and all your stuff looks amazing. Had a brief look at the rule and it looks very playable.

Will the kickstarter just be humans and Glorlon or will the other races be available to choose from when the kickstarter ends?

I cant resit playing a Vorlon err Elohim race, I really cant.

Nice solid rules and great minis (and Vorlons), I so want this to work.

Thanks!

@Necro We think is better release as much models as we can of the first two faction before new ones. But all depends on the success of the KS campaign.

In our KS campaign you will find the materials for a platesting (cards, army lists, etc):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sentinelgames/total-extinction-battle-for-karnak

Very wise decision as there is nothing worse than over promising and then under delivering.

I like both of those factions as well. In truth I like all the faction that you have put up and would really like this game to develop to it's full potential.

Might have to get behind this one and do my part so you can succeed and go on to do great things, like creating Elohim’s

Well done Sentinel I am very impressed so far.

Thank you Necro!

At this moment there is a discussion in the comments of the KS campaign about wich faction has to be next

Update #30

Nov 11, 2013

Choose the next TE faction

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Help us decide wich will be the next Total Extinction faction!

Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52813e47e4b0988a5cf28047

really nice idea of one of the backers (Jeff) which Sentinel Games have got behind.

Edit. http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52813e47e4b0988a5cf28047

Well I just signed up and backed the kickstarter.

Also did the poll and Elohim is in front so a double win.

Great project and so close to the goal now.

Latest update

Update #31

Nov 12, 2013

The Regulatory Corporation rise

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As the revolution expanded and its newly formed army defeated the legions of the Authority in the battle on planet Assumut (491), transgalactic corporations understood that the Authority had lost all influence. Twelve major companies decided to fuse into one organization, the Regulatory Corporation, and began creating their own army.



Raven walker

Finally in 494 the United Authority disappeared: on one side the rebels from the outer worlds formed the Union of Colonies, on the other, The Regulatory Corporation expanded trying to fill its void. Many other worlds fell into anarchy and chaos, at the mercy of pirates and warlords.

I don't like the measuring in Total Extinction when you shoot. First declare and then measure. After GW did throw that, as one of the last, out of the window, why want it back in the game?

Nice little update.

Thanks to Legione we have the Beta Rules translated to Italian.

You can download them https://www.dropbox.com/s/jrzw5zfaz600xz9/Total%20Extinction%20-%20beta%20rules_ITA_1.0.pdf

And we cannot make an update without more designs, this time of the Regulatory Corporation:

Dammit that thing looks cool! Why can't more people back this one?

Cobra Rattler? Is that you?

Important changes in our kickstarter campaign:

- All minis will be made of Resin (here you can read why: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sentinelgames/total-extinction-battle-for-karnak/posts/663793)
- And we include 8 more minis in every Starter Set: 6 colonial troopers and 2 glorlon soldiers.

Now with a Starter Set you get these minis:

1 Glorlon Biotank
1 Glorlon Commander
4 Glorlon Raiders
10 Glorlon Soldiers
1 T94 Tank
1 Shtorm Artillery
1 Colonial Commander
18 Colonial Trooper

That's a nice update. Actually gives me a lot more confidence in this. That much plastic injection molding would've been biting off more than they could chew if only the base goal is raised (30K). Resin is a better choice for this kind of quantity, imo (i.e. not hundreds of thousands of models, just thousands).

Bring on the resin kickstarters! Down with PVC!

Thanks RiTides! Now we can warranty the best details for the same price

And here is the contents of the Starter Set:

That´s great news! Really tempting. I have just backed and have more minis for free!

New unit available as addon:

Glorlon Suppressor:





This is the main artillery unit of Glorlon army

That model looks great and I am a fan of the resin too.

Prepare the brushes!!
Today we´d like to show you color schemes that we are considering for choosing how to paint the Glorlon:


Alternative and Official (on the right) color schemeAlternative and Official (on the right) color scheme

And we´d like to ask you how you would paint them. Hav you made up your mind?

To inspire you, we´re sending you Jeff´s idea:

Also you could read more stories about TE background:

Contact! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sentinelgames/total-extinction-battle-for-karnak/posts/665256
Theocracy: the Voice of God http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sentinelgames/total-extinction-battle-for-karnak/posts/665977

Jeff's scheme is awesome

New add-ons:

That shoulder armor/plates/whatever on the bug AA critter look like they would interfere the the motion of the guns, making tracking aircraft pretty hard.

I'm surprised this hasn't gained more traction and progress - it's a shame to see good looking models in a campaign like this not yet reaching funding amounts.

I wonder if its just a case of possibly not enough pre-KS marketing coupled with the close proximity to Christmas that is holding people back (might also be that things like Reapers Bones which isn't fully finished yet funding wise because of Paypal additions is leaving people both out of pocket from funding that and also sitting on money for it).

With quite a few stretch goals and only just over 2 weeks to go have you considered ending early and closing it before you fund and then coming back for a much stronger second round in the new year. Slows things up a bit, but you'd have a good £20K+ in early backers to jumpstart the first day and a good start then could easily snow ball into getting way more funding to let you unlock a lot more of those extras.

Well, it's pretty close to funding with 15 days to go, so I don't think actually hitting the funding mark is going to be a problem.

For some reason, on Kickstarter actually hitting the funding doesn't seem to be viewed as a success lately, but it really is! Sometimes, it's better for a campaign not to absolutely blow up- it makes the deliverables and quantities more manageable. Particularly since they're going with resin models now, it's not a requirement to get to the huge "economies of scale" needed for plastic production.

I know this perception might be because some campaigns set their targets artificially low, but £30,000 is almost $50,000! Speaking as a backer of Trollforged's kickstarter, who I love and am a big supporter of but still waiting on, delivering on $50K worth of models is quite an undertaking. So, it's doesn't have to raise $100K to be a success, and might be better off at around $50k.

Of course, this might boost up beyond that, but I'm just saying raising $50K to make a game is a big accomplishment, and if it's in resin it makes it more manageable to deliver

RiTides Aye some good points there indeed. I think that it really depends on the nature of hte KS itself. Something like a book printing or comic printing is likely only adding extras if they get to stretch goals - something like a miniatures game is often adding quite a bit more and I think many of the miniature campaigns set a low funding goal with the aim that they reach it fairly quick and then can expand the range with stretch goals.


I agree most small companies don't want to get into too much beyond their scope - it can be damaging as your production time and complexity jump up a lot if you really go mad with a KS which can cause slowdowns in fulfillment - especially as whilst they have extra funding they can only expand by so much otherwise they end up too big to function after the KS boom period.

@CptJake We are checking the design to ensure the weapons can be attached in different angles.

@Overread Of course we want to raise 300.000$, but with our funding goal is enough to start production and see our miniatures on retail. We still thinking of Kickstarter as a kickstarter